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Meanings of little airs in English

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Usage of little airs in English
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What little airs of the world she had now-quitemistress of the situation!
Beyond
2
She played soft little airs from memory, and her soul was filled with joy.
Marcia Schuyler
3
She's the real old-fashioned sort, with a warm heart under all her little airs.
The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
4
She is pretty and slim and tries to put on little airs about herself.
The new yorker
5
Sometimes they assumed little airs of patronage towards her.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
6
She gave herself pretty little airs and graces, and said no more cutting things about anybody.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
7
They irritated her excessively-theselittle airs and graces.
A Reversion To Type
8
Go and get your violin, and play me the sweet little airs Uncle Teddy sent you last.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
9
Your cheap, common little airs and graces don't deceive me, they only disgust me more and more!
The Fifth Ace
10
He continued to get pleasure from her slender graceful being and the little airs of delicacy she assumed.
The Happy End
11
She liked him, but she showed none of the little airs which would have seemed to appropriate him.
Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering
12
She had entered into her woman's kingdom, and, womanlike, began instantly to adopt provocative little airs and graces.
Etheldreda the Ready: A School Story
13
You brought your simple self, undisturbed by the people who expect of you, without your little airs of experience.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
14
She had a smooth, light touch and the little airs she played tinkled sweetly enough from the old piano.
Up the Hill and Over
15
They sat forward, stared at Sir John as if fascinated, and even began to assume little airs which were almost devil-may-care.
In the Wilderness
16
Beyond the gardens lay the sleeping lake, and faint little airs wafted coolly upward from its surface, tempering the heat of the evening.
The Vision of Desire
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